Fifteen minutes per bed? I'd go nuts.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2006 1:02:32 pm PDT #2773 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Apr 21, 2006 1:05:09 pm PDT #2774 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm scared of the day I have to buy a new mattress. I totally lucked out on mine -- I bought it used (!! what was I thinking?? But it was nearly-new and perfectly fine) for $100 like 8 years ago, and it's still going strong.
Just got a nice thank-you call from my mom for her bday present, so that's good.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2006 1:06:12 pm PDT #2775 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have futon mattresses. I think they're great. I figure I'll keep going with them unless I find love in a Tempurpedic.
ChiKat - Apr 21, 2006 1:09:33 pm PDT #2776 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
My mom and I were discussing my mattress about 2 years ago. I mentioned that I needed a new one.
Mom: No, you don't!
Me: Um, Mom? Yeah, I do.
Mom: No! When I bought that mattress, it was top of the line and had a 20 year warranty.
Me: Yeah. And when was that?
Mom: That was when we moved to Denver and (lightbulb goes off) yes, you do need a new mattress.
She bought it in 1979. Yes, folks. My mattress is almost 30 years old.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2006 1:11:05 pm PDT #2777 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd be all "Mom! I can't do boys younger than the mattress I'm doing them on!"
Jesse - Apr 21, 2006 1:13:27 pm PDT #2778 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh. My grandmother recently got a new mattress as a gift, because hers was at least that old, but she wasn't going to buy a new one, due to the fact that she's just going to die at any minute (her attitude, not ours), so why waste the money?
ChiKat - Apr 21, 2006 1:17:31 pm PDT #2779 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I'd be all "Mom! I can't do boys younger than the mattress I'm doing them on!"
does some quick math
Oh. Dear. I think that during my Summer of Indiscretion I slept with someone the same age as my mattress.
Kathy A - Apr 21, 2006 1:20:57 pm PDT #2780 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My mattress set came from my mom, who had it up in the guest bedroom. I think it was the one she bought when she moved into a condo back in 1985, so that makes it now 20 years old. Being a guest bed, it wasn't used all that much during that time until I got it a few years ago, except for the 20 months I used it when I boomeranged back home in between jobs 15 years ago. Still, I plan on replacing it, most likely next year at this time (I'll probably use my tax refund for it).
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2006 1:28:34 pm PDT #2781 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that during my Summer of Indiscretion I slept with someone the same age as my mattress.
That's kinda cool. I mean, apart from being obviously morally objectionable.
The IVR system I just used not only expected me to talk to it, it also said "Hmm." You are a computer. You're not making anything any better.
ChiKat - Apr 21, 2006 1:32:12 pm PDT #2782 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
That's kinda cool. I mean, apart from being obviously morally objectionable.
Well, he was legal. He, and the mattress, were 22. I, on the other hand, was...ummm.... Not.